کھنک

Urdu

Etymology

From کھنکنا (khanaknā, “to clink, jingle, clash, clatter”, verb), which is from Sanskrit खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate), from खणखणाय (khaṇakhaṇāya, “to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack”, root), which is an onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

Noun

کھنک • (khanak) f (Hindi spelling खनक)

  1. a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling, clashing or clanking sound
  2. clattering (as of dishes)
  3. the sound of wind

Declension
Declension of کھنک
singular plural
direct کھنک (khanak) کھنکیں (khanakẽ)
oblique کھنک (khanak) کھنکوں (khanakõ)
vocative کھنک (khanak) کھنکو (khanako)

Further reading
  • “کھنک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “खनक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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